Is a 19 year old a pedophile if they are attra yed to a 17 or 16 year old?

[Anonymous]

Yes

No

Other

[SjE78]

here in the UK the age of consent it 16, and being that age means you are of legal age...
HOWEVER... if said 19 year old or older decided to chat you up online and request explicit images of said 16 -17 year old... the law dictates that the 19 year old or above could be charged under the child sex offences and also charged with grooming...

but if the 19 year old doesn't do any of that then they can have a relationship, sexual or otherwise with the 16-17 year old and not be considered as an offender

[Sonorous]

A person must be at least 16 years old, and at least five years older than the prepubescent child, for the attraction to be diagnosed as pedophilia.

▪️ Pedophilia Ages 0 - 11 (child/Pre-pubescent)

▪️ Hebephilia Ages 11 - 14 (early Pubescence/Adolescence)

▪️ Ephebepilia Ages 15 - 19 (mid-to-late Pubescence/Adolescence)

[btbc92]

A pedophile is an adult who has sex with minors and children. It has nothing to do with attraction unless it's from a lust perspective. There are many attractive children. But that doesn't mean you think of having sex with them.

[Asker]

No, it has to do with attraction as well, according to the definition

[btbc92]

IF that attraction is based on LUST. Which is a different story. Attractive people are attractive people. I am very certain that this is not what the definition is talking about. People confuse attraction and lust together. If your attraction is based on lust, yes, it is wrong. If that same teenager ages up to 18, are they still a pedophile? No. If they want sex with that person, does it make them a pedophile? Yes. Because that teenager is still a minor under law.

[Anoniemus]

You're talking about a singular person. But I would think it's borderline ephebophilia (attraction to adolescents).

[Lliam]

16 and 17 year old girls are not children. Girl that age are often attracted to older boys because boys mature more slowly than girls, which means that many 16 or 17 year old boys are still pretty dorky. And it's not unusual for boys to be attracted to girls who are younger than them. All my girlfriends were younger than me.
So I wouldn't call in pedophilia in any way shape or form.

[genericname85]

Nobody would be a pedophile for liking a 16-17yo, as pedophilia is defined as "prepubescent child" pretty much everyone had their puberty at the age of like 14 already... Being into illegal age teenagers after puberty is therefore called hebephilia, not pedophilia

[loveslongnails]

Use your brain, idiot. Let's say you're 19, or 18, or 21 and she's 17 years, 364 days old, and you're attracted to her. Are you a pedophile one day because she's not quite 18, but ok the next day because she's "legal" ? NO … you're a pedophile if she's still a child.

[Asker]

I said 16 as well

[loveslongnails]

So if the age of consent in your area is 16, and a 19 yr old is attracted to a 17 yr old, why is there a question?

[Asker]

If a 19 year old is attracted to a 16 year old.

[loveslongnails]

So what? If 16 is the age of consent, why would a 19 yr old be a pedophile?

[standardguy]

You can't call it 'pedophile' being attracted to a female person with the body of a woman. So pedofiles are attracted to kids. So only being attracted to girls 0-14 can be called pedophilism. It is normal to be attracted to a woman with tits and curves even if she is 15 or 16 years old. That is biology. Another thing is if it is good to have sex with her because if there develops a baby the baby should be raised in a marriage. And girls shouldn't marry before 23.

[QueenTanya]

not at all because at 16 and 17 you're no longer a child and the age gap is pretty small but i'm pretty sure it would be illegal for the 19 year old to have sex with the 17 and 16 year old.

[worldscolide]

In most states 17 is legal, in some states 16 is legal..

[QueenTanya]

sorry about that, i don't live in america so it's kinda different

[worldscolide]

Ah lol makes sense.. I have heard most places in the EU 16 is legal.. But I know nothing about the rest of the world

[Chimken]

Pedophilia is the attraction to prepubescent children. Ephebophilia is what that would technically however someone who's 19 typically wouldn't be considered this because they're so close in age

[Lunatic1]

To truly be a pedophile, it requires intercourse. Not just attraction. However, some blur the lines with extremely terrible desires. That being said, 19 to a 16 or 17 year old is not pedophilia in opinion.

[Taylor_C]

A pedophile is an adult attracted to prepubescent children. Not teens.

[FakeName123]

The accurate term would be Ephebophilia

[Taylor_C]

@FakeName123 Not really. That implies a significantly older person with a sexual attraction to teens. Not a teen attracted to other teens only a couple years younger.

[Taylor_C]

And the word epheb- indicates a male attracted to male teens, never girls.

[Gedaria]

Being attracted to is one thing but getting intimate is getting a little too close to breaking the law...

[Kinogo]

Uh Not really cause the age for consent is 16. And it's probs only 3 years apart, not too bad. Overall just see what's legal in your area/country.

[Twalli]

To be a pedophile the person has to be prepubescent. Also the age difference is pretty small. Below 15 is too young though if you're 18+.

[blondfrog]

I mean legally yes, but morally it all really depends how you look at it. Some women and men tend to physically mature faster than others.

[worldscolide]

Not a pedophile, and at 17 in most states its legal.. And in some states 16 is legal..

[katkins]

if your a middle aged person talking to a preteen or tween your a pedophile. this scenario isn't pedophilia, just funky laws

[Anonymous]

No, if a 50 year old is attracted to the 16 or 17 year old, its still normal. Physical attraction to teens is normal.

[Anonymous]

Not really but some states may be a problem with it even though it’s only 2 year difference

[R_Cakes91]

Not unless you are having sex with them

[Asker]

So a 19 year old won't be a pedophile for being attracted to a 17/16 year old as long as they don't have sex? That doesn't make much sense to me. Isn't pedophilia mainly about the attraction?

[R_Cakes91]

What makes a person a pedophile is acting out of your attraction. If you’re attracted and don’t tell anyone or do anything, no harm done

[ciitruskiwi]

It still wouldn't make them a pedophiles. Pedophiles are exclusively or primarily attracted to prepubescent children. A 16 year old has gone through puberty so it wouldn't be pedophila.

[WhiteShoulder]

No. Not even illegal in most states.

[hashtagsuburban]

According to law yes but yes and no

[Dchrls78104]

In the West, you are.